BBC Sounds - Soul Music - Available Episodes

Exploring why Nick Drake's song from the album Bryter Layter means so much to so many.

• 28 mins
• 27 Apr 2024

Stories of what Johnny Nash's 1972 hit means to people around the world.

• 28 mins
• 20 Apr 2024

The much-loved and much-recorded song by George Gershwin.

• 28 mins
• 13 Apr 2024

Exploring why Van Morrison's iconic song, from Astral Weeks, means so much to so many.

• 28 mins
• 06 Apr 2024

Dvorak's best known song from his Gypsy Cycle composed for voice and piano in 1880

• 28 mins
• 11 Nov 2023

James Taylor's song of suicide, loneliness and addiction, which somehow remains hopeful.

• 28 mins
• 04 Nov 2023

Stories of what Miriam Makeba's iconic song means to people from around the world.

• 28 mins
• 28 Oct 2023

The power of the anthem from the hit musical.

• 28 mins
• 21 Oct 2023

Written by Dolly Parton... sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston.

• 28 mins
• 14 Oct 2023

Stories of personal connection to Tracy Chapman's hit song.

• 28 mins
• 01 Jul 2023

Stories about the Burt Bacharach classic

• 28 mins
• 24 Jun 2023

Stories of what this iconic song by two-tone band The Specials means to different people.

• 28 mins
• 17 Jun 2023

The hypnotic beauty of a Tin Pan Alley song made famous by The Flamingos.

• 28 mins
• 10 Jun 2023

Stories of what Bruce Springsteen's iconic song means to people around the world.

• 28 mins
• 03 Jun 2023

'The Christmas we get we deserve.' How Greg Lake's 1975 hit gives people hope and comfort.

• 28 mins
• 24 Dec 2022

Stories of what this powerful Puccini aria means to people from around the world.

• 28 mins
• 17 Dec 2022

Stories of what Killing Me Softly with His Song means to people around the world.

• 28 mins
• 10 Dec 2022

How people find comfort in Nick Cave's music.

• 28 mins
• 03 Dec 2022

Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song

• 28 mins
• 26 Nov 2022

True stories of what Kate Bush's iconic anthem means to people around the world.

• 28 mins
• 19 Nov 2022